4 Ways To Use Google +1 Button

Google +1 button is now available for all websites and blogs across the Internet. +1 button aims to compete with Facebook’s Like button because they both have similar goals – both let you easily recommend Internet content that you like to your friends or your network.

An Introduction To The Google +1 Button by Timothy Jordan

There’s however one big reason why web publishers are more likely to embrace Google’s +1 button – it can bring in more traffic. How? In simple English, if enough people +1 a page on your site, Google could see that as a positive signal and that may help improve your site’s ranking in organic search results.

Introducing the +1 Button

Google made it quite easy for users to integrate Google +1 to their websites or blogs. Here are some ideas on how you can integrate Google +1 to your website or blog:

The Official Method

Google has made it easy for those with basic knowledge of HTML to integrate the Google +1 button to their site. You just have to select a range of options to get a custom button, and copy the code to your website. Some parameters that can be configured are the style, language, and the inclusion of a counter.  Then after you are done modifying your button, simply copy and paste your code to your website’s HTML editor.

Extension for WordPress

Editing a WordPress template can be difficult sometimes specially if you lack basic HTML and CSS knowledge. But do not worry, if you want to put Google +1 to your WordPress blog, you can use the WordPress Google +1 Plugin.

AddThis Share Links

For some time now, I have been using AddThis tool to make it easier for my visitors to share articles they find useful to their friends and network. This third party sharing service is fairly easy to customize according to your taste, and provides very comprehensive free statistics.

If you already have integrated this service to your website, just update your code that includes support for Google +1.

Chrome Extensions

When you install Google +1 extension to your Chrome web browser, you can recommend any page you visit to your friends, and network.

Download | Google +1 Chrome Extension

Download | BitDefender Internet Security 2011

BitDefender Internet Security 2011 shields your computer from all dangers from the Internet. The software protects your computer from viruses, rootkits, spam e-mails, and phishing schemes. The real-time protection warns you when a virus tries to attack your PC. The program also prevents confidential content to be spied on an prevents unauthorized access to your system. The built-in firewall monitors your Internet and network connections and makes your Internet surfing invisible to others. The child lock prevents opening of websites with offensive contents.

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Skype Hacked: Source Code Available For Download

The source code of Skype, the popular video/voice communication software has been cracked, and the hacker posted the source code in his website.

The feat has been achieved by Efim Bushmanov, a Russian independent research who has used the technique of reverse engineering to crack Skype’s source code.

All this comes after only a few weeks when Microsoft officially announce that it acquired Skype for $8.5 billion dollars.

Although Bushmanov’s goal is to achieve a complete software reversal, which would allow people to create an alternative to Skype, he only published part of the source code to encourage other people willing to spend time and effort in helping him make Skype an open source software.

While the legal terms specified in Skype’s TOS does not allow reverse engineering to access Skype’s source code, both the European Union and the United States have laws that allow it as long as it helps in terms of interoperability and provided that the technology is not patented. That’s one thing Microsoft should consider.

Downloads | skype_part1_binaries.zip | skype_part2_ida.zip | skype_part3_source.zip

Download via Github | Skype Open Source

Download via Pirate Bay | Torrent

5 Unknown Alternatives To Google

Are you tired of using Google search? Perhaps it’s time to test these 5 unknown search engines on the web, and find out if they are worthy to replace Google as your default internet companion:

1. DuckDuck Go

Secure, private, and clean interface.

2. Yebol

It has a strange interface design, but search results are pretty decent.

3. Yandex

Made from Russia with love.

4. Exalead

Conventional. Search engine for those who prefer a very corporate design.

5. Ecosia

Web Search environmentally inspired. Supported by Yahoo.

iPad App | Real Racing 2 HD

Real Racing 2 is the sequel to the classic Firemint Real Racing for iPhone. This new iPad App has much improved starting with its awesome graphics, excellent user interface, and perfect control system. It features 30 original renowned car manufacturer that you can test drive in 15 exciting detailed race track routes.

The career mode has been developed by Firemint further because it now offers hours of fun and excitement to anyone who will play it. You can also play this game in multi-player mode via wireless network and over 3G network giving hours of endless fun with friends.

If you really want to push this racing game to the limit, Real Racing 2 HD can support up to eight iPads via Game Center with up to 16 players.

Get ready for the most exhilarating handheld racing experience! Take control of 30 officially licensed cars, each with unique performance characteristics. Feel the thrill of authentic pack racing action in an incredible 16-car grid – the first on iOS!

Download | Real Racing 2 HD for $6.99

How To Activate/Deactivate SMART Roaming Feature?

For Postpaid Subscribers:

• To activate/deactivate international roaming via Web Connect:

  • Go to www.smart.com.ph/connect.

  • Register and log-in to Web Connect.

  • Under the Service Activation/Deactivation block, select "International Roaming".

For Prepaid Subscribers:

• To activate via SMS, text ROAM ON <country name> and send to 333.

• To deactivate via SMS, text ROAM OFF and send to 333.

• To activate/deactivate international roaming via SIM Connect:

  • Text Get Menu to 9888 for FREE.

  • Upon downloading, go to SMART Menu and choose SIM Connect menu.

  • Select International Roaming Activation or Deactivation.

• To activate/deactivate international roaming via Web Connect:

  • Go to www.smart.com.ph/connect.

  • Register and log-in to Web Connect.

  • Under the Service Activation/Deactivation block, select "International Roaming".

Supported countries for Prepaid Roaming:

Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, China, Egypt, Finland, France, Greece, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Jamaica, Kuwait, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, UK, Ukraine, USA

 

Dialing Procedure:

 

While roaming: 

Calling a local landline: Dial 0 + Area Code + Tel. No. + Send

Calling a local mobile phone: Dial 0 + Mobile Access Code + Tel. No. + Send

 

Making International Calls:

Calling the Phils:

Landline: Dial +63 + Area Code + Tel. No. + Send

Calling to Mobile Phone:

SMART - Dial +63 + 918 + 7-digit Mobile No. + Send

Others - Dial +63 + Mobile Access Code + 7-digit Mobile No. + Send

 

Calling another country:

Dial plus sign (+) + Country Code + Area Code + Tel. No. + Send

Voicemail Retrieval : Dial +639189000100 + send

Emergency Numbers of foreign operator: Dial 112 + Send

Incoming Calls:

Callers can reach the subscriber by dialing the Mobile No. as if the subscriber is in the Philippines:

Dial 0918 + 7-digit SMART GSM Mobile No. + Send or

Dial +63 + 918 + 7-digit SMART GSM Mobile No. + Send

Awesome Apps For Dropbox

1. Dropbox

Dropbox in a free alternative to Apple’s MobileMe. The app synchronizes all your files from your Dropbox account to your PC, Mac, Linux, laptop and smartphone. In order to use the program correctly, you need to sign up for a free DropBox account. After you sign up, you will have a free 2GB storage space that can be accessed through Dropbox.com website or an app. You will be able to share files to your friends (Documents, Pictures, Video Clips, and more). You can also set up a public folder that can be accessed by anyone with a link.

Dropbox iPhone app is not dependent on a constant internet connection. After synchronization, all files can be accessed even if you are offline. The free Standard Account had 2GB of memory, if the space is not sufficient for your needs, you can upgrade your account for additional storage space for an additional fee.

Download | DropBox

2. DropVox

DropVox is an audio memo app that is integrated with DropBox. This iPhone apps is suitable for recordings, dictation and other voice memos. After you’re done recording an audio, it will be compressed by DropVox, it will instantly save it as .M4a file and automatically send it to your DropBox account.

Download | DropVox

3. BoxyTunes

BoxyTunes is an extension for your DropBox account. this is a cloud-music player that lets you play music files that are stored in your DropBox account. This app is awesome specially if your iPhone is running out of storage space. The app is simple but ingenious: The app connects to your personal DropBox account and allows the download of individual music file or even entire music folder.

Download | BoxyTunes

4. GoodReader

This PDF viewer is suitable for displaying large PDF files on your iPhone. Compared to other readers that loads every single PDF page, this app loads pages on demand. This feature will allow you to view large PDF files on your iPhone without hogging your bandwidth or slowing down your mobile device.

Download | GoodReader

5. ReaddleDocs

This primary purpose of this app is to deal with large PDFs, and other email attachments. This app also supports popular document formats (PDFs, MS Office, iWork), and it won’t freeze your iPhone if you are viewing large files.

Download | ReaddleDocs

Facebook Game | Mafia Wars: Beginners guide for aspiring mobsters

In this free Facebook game, you will learn how to become a virtual godfather of your very own mobster clan.

In “Mafia Wars”, you will learn how a mafia works. Unlike other Facebook games, “Mafia Wars” lets you attack players on the network, even if they are not your friend on Facebook. But as a small time crook, you first have to gain experience and money. You can do this, by doing jobs like attacking other people or robbing banks.

Distributing Character Points

Once you sign up and log on to the “Mafia Wars” game, you should first distribute your character points. It’s up to you how you want to build your character, but you have to remember that each job requires energy. As you play that game, you have to decide where to put your character points as you level up. You can concentrate on attack, defense, health, stamina or energy.

Jobs

Jobs gives you money and experience points. You have to collect enough points so you can go head-to-head to other players. Try to do all the job in a category so you can master it. If your energy to do a certain job, you can buy energy packs or you can just wait for your energy to fill up.

Land For Sale

Try to invest in lands because lands will produce money over time. However, you must be online at the right time to collect the revenue. You can also sell lands to gain profit or if your are short on cash.

Download | Second Life For Mac

“Second Life” is a three-dimensional online simulation. To participate in this internet-based world, you have to register an account.

In this game, you create your own avatar according to your own personal preference. After creating an avatar, you can explore your “Second Life” by meeting other people, chatting with them via voice or text.

With a premium account, can start your own business and purchase land so you can build your very own virtual home.

Download | Second Life (Mac)

Android Market: Beware Of Virus-Infected Apps

Mobile operating system “Android” is one of the most popular operating platform for smartphones and tablets – and of course this popularity has attracted hackers worldwide. This weekend, multiple applications from the official Android Market were found to contain malware that can significantly compromise users personal data.

Android has thousands of applications in its online application market that can be download easily in Android mobile devices – and many of them are free. Security reports now say that many of these apps are infected with viruses.

How do you protect yourself against malware from Android Market? Install only those apps that are developed by trusted and well know developers.

The list of infected applications (by developer name) includes:

Magic Photo Studio

• Sexy Girls: Hot Japanese
• Sexy Legs
• HOT Girls 4
• Beauty Breasts
• Sex Sound
• Sex Sound: Japanese
• HOT Girls 1
• HOT Girls 2
• HOT Girls 3

Mango Studio

• Floating Image Free
• System Monitor
• Super StopWatch and Timer
• System Info Manager

E.T. Tean

• Call End Vibrate

BeeGoo

• Quick Photo Grid
• Delete Contacts
• Quick Uninstaller
• Contact Master
• Brightness Settings
• Volume Manager
• Super Photo Enhance
• Super Color Flashlight
• Paint Master

DroidPlus

• Quick Cleaner
• Super App Manager
• Quick SMS Backup

GluMobi

• Tetris
• Bubble Buster Free
• Quick History Eraser
• Super Compass and Leveler
• Go FallDown !
• Solitaire Free
• Scientific Calculator
• TenDrip

Avira Premium Security Suite: firewall, spam filter, child protection

Avira Premium Security Suite offers more comprehensive security features. The integrated firewall protects against hacker attacks and it has a backup system to back up your data either manually or automatically, so you’re protected against data loss. Using the built-in mail guard, it will also check your incoming e-mails and their attachments for viruses and malwares. It will also filter your e-mails to reduce the risk of receiving unwanted junk mail.

 

In addition, the software provides a “game mode”: it ensures that when you are playing a game on your PC, it will not start scanning your system or update its virus definition to ensure uninterrupted gaming. The integrated child safety feature locks the PC from dangerous web pages and can be configured based on the age of the child using the computer. 

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Download | Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2011

The virus scanner Kaspersky Anti-Virus will help you detect viruses, worms, Trojans, spyware, rootkits and other malware on your computer and delete them safely. In addition, the antivirus software, a real-time protection that runs in the background and protect you from danger. The anti-virus program also scans Web pages and e-mail threats and tells you about potentially dangerous content. With a few clicks, you can delete the detected malware safely.

About Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2011

The basic software any computer should have is a powerful and reliable anti-virus program like Kaspersky Anti-Virus. This software will not only detect and remove all know viruses and Trojans on your computer, but it will also protect your e-mail, monitor Internet traffic, and shut down suspicious macros. In addition, the program logs all operations on your PC’s registry system for suspicious changes and warn you before something bad happens to your computer.

A growing number of viruses spread by e-mail. Therefore, Kaspersky Anti-Virus scans your mailboxes (POP3, IMAP and NNTP for incoming and SMTP for outgoing messages), regardless of what kinds of e-mail program you use.

The program can also check all files, directories, and drives in your computer. You can also set Kaspersky Anti-Virus to perform scans every time your system starts, or at an specified time.

Download | Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2011

Download | Windows Live Mail 2011

“Windows Live Mail 2011” is a free mail program. With this software from Microsoft, you can manage multiple e-mail accounts, either POP3, IMAP or Web mail accounts from AOL, Google Mail (Gmail), or other e-mail providers. “Windows Live Mail 2011” offers all the usual functions for writing messages, managing your personal contacts or receive RSS feeds directly in your inbox. To ensure that your privacy, Windows Live Mail has a built-in spam filter that checks your messages and rejects mail from unwanted senders. The calendar is also a nice addition that lets you keep appointments and events in plain view.

Download | Windows Live Mail 2011

Download | CCleaner

With “CCleaner” you can optimize your PC. This free software will remove garbage data files from your hard drive and cleans up the entries in your browser. Also, the delete program removes invalid entries from the registry and uninstall programs faster than Windows. Furthermore, it is possible to erase hard disks completely or by sections of the volume by repeatedly overwriting the files.

About CCleaner

The longer you work with Windows, the more garbage is left on the hard disk. This is part of programs that were not removed completely from the PC. Even browsing you are browsing the web, you are collecting data fragments will eventually fill you hard disk. You can remove all this and optimize your PC at the same time by using CCleaner.

In addition, this free program will remove invalid entries from Windows registry and delete programs very quickly and safely, even faster than if you do it through Windows Control Panel.

The automatic startup of certain programs when Windows starts can also be prevented, and files that are longer than 48 hours in the “Temp” directory can be removed automatically if desired. 

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Download | Avira AntiVir Personal

The free anti-virus software AntiVir Personal detects and removes viruses and other malicious programs like spyware, Trojans, backdoor software and rootkits. A safe protection against dialer programs and phishing attacks.

Avira AntiVir Personal

Computer viruses are becoming more dangerous. Therefore, you should make sure that your PC is protected from malwares and viruses that often go unnoticed on your computer that might destroy your data. Avira AntiVir Personal is free for private use.

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Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper: Removes Malware and fixes Windows

Since Windows is the most popular computer operating system in the world, it has become the primary target for malware developers because they can infect most people. There are many ways to protect your computer system from viruses and malwares, such as installing an anti-virus or anti-malware programs, anti-spyware tools, and many more. But sometimes, having these protecting is not enough. In response to this, Microsoft has developed and released a beta of a system recovery software. Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper has been developed to help users in starting an infected PC and performing offline, malware scans to remove viruses, trojans, rootkits, and other forms of PC infections.

It will also help users when a malware hinders them from installing or starting an anti-virus program.

However, the creators of Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper made it clear that this free software from Microsoft is not intended to replace your anti-virus or anti-malware program installed on your PC.

The beta of Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper is now available for both 32, and 64 bits. You need to have a blank CD, DVD, or USB drive with at least 250 MB of space. Next, you have to download the software and run the too - the tool will help you create a bootable media required to run the software on your PC.

Download | Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper 32 bit
Download | Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper 64 bit

Awesome Dropbox Apps

I will assume at this point that every knows about Dropbox, the popular cloud storage and file synching service. Apart from its simplicity and space available, this service is free of charge. Its API for developers is very interesting too. The platform lets app developers to create all kinds of tool that can run under Dropbox.

I also find the referral system very tempting. For every Dropbox referral, Dropbox in turn will give you additional 250MB for free. There is a limit of 8GB. All in all, you can increase your Dropbox storage space by up to 10GB if you can invite 32 friends to join Dropbox.

Here are some Apps I found on the web that will improve your Dropbox experience. I hope you like them.

Jshot

This online service lets you take screenshots, edit them and share them via the Internet in a few easy steps. This service is particularly useful for people who works regularly with public computers.

Pixelpipe

Pixelpipe is a site that offers to publish pictures, videos, audio and other files from your mobile and other device for multiple platforms (Dropbox is one of them). You can upload media from your Email/MMS, iPhone, Android, and Palm Pre. It will also allow you to upload files using Google Talk and Yahoo Messenger.

AirDropper

With AirDropper, you can send a file to your DropBox account via Email. Once you’ve send the file to your Dropbox via AirDropper, it will automatically synchronize it with your computer.

TunesBag

The latest craze from music listeners everywhere is the ability to store songs in digital lockers, a trend that is being implemented by big online companies such as Google and Amazon. TunesBag is one of the many options in the industry, which focuses on the importation of materials directly from Dropbox and play it in the cloud . It offers more features than DropTunes , but also more complex.

Sourcekit

A textmate inspired app, the famous text editor for Max. This offers the possibility to edit your documents stored on your Dropbox using Google Chrome browser.